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River Flood Warning 28, NWS State College, PA

March 13, 2010Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 4:12 PM EST for Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 13, 2010, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2010, 4:12 PM EST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2010, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 14, 2010, 10:13 PM EDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Blair County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Williamsburg (WIBP1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01556000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 13, 3:57 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:57 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 12:32 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1232 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033>036-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-
063>066-141745-
NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-
SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-
LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1232 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ004>006-010-011-037-141745-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-TIOGA-
1232 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 12:03 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
12 NOON EST SAT MAR 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LAIRDSVILLE             41.23N 76.61W
03/13/2010                   LYCOMING           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

1137 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LEBANON                 40.34N 76.42W
03/13/2010                   LEBANON            PA   PUBLIC

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. SOME ROOF
            SHINGLES AND HOME SIDING DAMAGED AS WELL.

1000 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CASSVILLE               40.29N 78.03W
03/13/2010                   HUNTINGDON         PA   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE PORCH.

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CARLISLE                40.20N 77.20W
03/13/2010                   CUMBERLAND         PA   PUBLIC

            15 REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE COUNTY WIDE

&&

LA CORTE
Local storm report, Mar 13, 12:27 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1227 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CASSVILLE               40.29N 78.03W
03/13/2010                   HUNTINGDON         PA   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE

1115 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LAIRDSVILLE             41.23N 76.61W
03/13/2010                   LYCOMING           PA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES

1115 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CARLISLE                40.20N 77.20W
03/13/2010                   CUMBERLAND         PA   PUBLIC

            15 REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE COUNTY-WIDE

1137 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LEBANON                 40.34N 76.42W
03/13/2010                   LEBANON            PA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES. SOME ROOF SHINGLES AND HOME
            SIDING DAMAGED AS WELL

&&

LA CORTE
Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 10:30 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPHuntingdon52 hr
Mar 13, 5:59 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPBedford, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset12 hr
Mar 13, 10:09 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 23 more12 hr
Mar 13, 11:48 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPAdams, Huntingdon12 hr
Mar 13, 12:15 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPBlair12 hr
Mar 13, 4:07 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York8 hr
Mar 13, 4:51 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland and 11 more7 hr
Mar 13, 4:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPBlair, Huntingdon24 hr
Mar 13, 5:41 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPBedford, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.